Half-Life 2: Episode 1 was released last night. Just clocked it and i have to say it was pretty nice. Although incredibly short under 3hrs I shouldn't really complain, it being episodic (although anyone who buys the retail version should be shot). I found it alot shorter than Sin Episodes - Emergence. Although Episode 1 is alot more polished, nice set pieces and trigger events. Like everyone else I have to wait at least 6months for the next part...but knowing valve probably add another 6months to that. :(
I have been incredibly busy looking for a suitable course to change my life around. Ive applied to all the Universities, im interested in. But if those fall through, ive got the local college to back me up. Im looking into doing something in English or Media Studies. So im wishing myself some luck!
The other week i went to see TV Celeb Derek Acorah, helping people look for their departed loved ones. It was quite interesting and i was on camera alot, he also came into my Aisle which made me go wow, because he was wearing a white suit like the dude in Miami Vice.
I recently heard that Hitman: Blood Money is number 1 in the charts. Its about time a fantastic Indie game series such as Hitman made it to the number 1 spot. Blood Money is a great game about being a Hitman. More people should buy it. End of.
Small update. I finally finished Longest Journey and Ace Combat: Squadron Leader. Enjoyed both of them, the latter made me reminise to my younger days when i picked up air combat 1 on the psone platinum. truth be told the reason i picked it up is because of its logo (shallow i know), i wish they made a badge of that so i can sew it on my bag or something. Anyway, the story in squaddie is excellent. loads of lovely twists and excellent missions. The Longest Journey, is a game i cherish like i am with a good book. April Ryan is one of the most human characters i have witnessed in a game and the writing and dialouge is phenomenal. I wish the creator Ragnar Tørnquist would write a series of books. Also i made some movies for a buddy of mine, to show him how to whoop ass on guilty gear. because some cheap buggers, keeping cheaping him out. Unfortunatly these vids dont show me in the best of light, its the pc version and its using fraps so everything is set to 30fps unlike its usual 60fps, so that mucks a few things up and the pc pad is just awful fdf combinations never work when i want them to, Oh well. So i upped them to youtube and im going to embed them on here, just to see how cool it is.
jesus christ. i should have updated this ages ago. sorry, just forgot about it.
At the moment, im playing through dreamfall: the longest journey a sequel to the amazing adventure game the longest journey. Alot of people have been slating this game for the wrong reasons, like this wanker of a reviewer. The story and voice acting is incredibly rich. Sure, there isn't much gameplay like the first game but it sure makes up for it in abundance of story and character, i cant seem to put it down mainly because i just want to know what happens next. If you liked the longest journey, its a no brainer you need this game! as for people that just like adventure games, its well worth picking up just for the story. Its just a great book in game form, hard to put down!
Another game i have been playing is guitar hero, which happens to be incredibly addictive. tons of replay value, I started off being piss poor when i first put it in my ps2 but the more you play it the more you see how much better your getting, deeply rewarding. the music selection is incredible. Strumming away to sharp dressed man, iron man, symphony of destruction and cowboys from hell. the bonus songs are all preety good especially tracks by freezepop - ready 2 rokk bringing synth guitar to the people, classic grunge by the graveyard bbq and their track cheat on the church . I can't wait for the recently anounced guitar hero 2, which has bass guitar playing on multiplayer and 55 new tracks to rock too. \n/
Also finished Kingdom hearts 2, that game is way too easy. Way easier than the first game, but the charming story, new characters and worlds more than makes up for it. Going into Tron for the first time is incredible. Although the game is incredibly short, it does tie up everything nicely at the end. Also if you do beat everything on proud mode, you get a special movie like the first kindom hearts. Showing theres another one in the works, which kind of pissed me off. Some of the worlds were a bit meh, one in particular which i was severly dissapointed with was the mulan's world, being a fan of the movie i felt it was preety bland and short, it bored me to death same goes with the pirates of the carribean world. Its worth playing once.
I went to cardiff last night, I met some new people in the pub. I didn't have a great time, everyone was talking to each other and talking about their daily university life, which i don't have or even know about. It didn't help that i went straight after work travelled for an hour to get there for this so called "fun" evening. I wasn't happy when i left, thats for sure and i was bloody knackered. Although I was forced to play my psp to entertain myself while i was there, if that wasn't embarrasing enough! I did manage to bag a copy of super ghouls n ghosts on the snes this morning. So my mood is a little bit better.
So richie i beat your time, now eat my ass. seriously, did it first time. anyway, i beat all these collosi in time attack mode and unlocked all the nice little extras. now its time to head onto hard mode and get the extra stuff on there. oh i love to show off and be a completist, especially on fantastic games like colossus.
As for other things i have been doing, other than work, nothing much. Been playing a bit of akumajou dracula x on the pc engine, ibara and gunstar heroes on the ps2. I also recently finished the black magician trilogy, man what a series of books. i was constantly drawn to the pages and the ending, howdy doody! what an ending. i didn't want to finish it, i was hoping new pages would keep materialising, but no that wasn't the case ::sniff::. now i have to wait 4 years for the next trilogy. damn.
so i had a psp on wednesday and it died a couple of mins ago. i am not happy at all, you wouldn't want to be near me right now. i recently bought a couple of games for it, been playing tales of eternia constantly since i had the psp. word of advice never purchase second hand hardware no matter how good the deal is, im going to have to invest in a new one now, come pay day :(
sorry for the lack of an update. i've been ill with flu, but thankfully i have a copy of dodonpachi (yes that dodonnapachi highscore+ on time attack mode game) on the saturn to get me through my relentless bullet dodging senses and help me feel alot better. oh well,the worst of it is gone now just feeling achey, snotty nose with a whooping cough. bah!
I watched the fullmetal alchemist movie last night, i like how the japanese love to rewrite history in their stories, im sure war veterans wouldn't. other than that i thought it was a nice enjoyable movie with a lovely happy ending. :(
Im also on the last part of the black magician trilogy and its fantastic, i love these books, love isn't the right word for them. sex and chocolate well thats 2 words and so is fuck you. Akkarin is a fantastic character, he keeps me wondering with every page turned. i recommend all to read these lovely books!
Well i haven't posted on here in the past couple of days and apologise for that. but theres good reason for it, because i finally got me an xbox 360. oh yeah! and its the swishest entertainment centre yet, ive been watching trailers, music videos (franz ferdinand - do you want to, i love that vid!) and downloading some lovely demos on it. i will take some pictures of it later! My current theme on my one is the Fragdolls, the person who made this theme should only put two of them on it because the rest of them are preety skanky or at least blur them out, so i dont see them when im getting happy with my joystick.
I also got a new album of a local band called Gridlock. Who happen to be awesome. i am always wonderfully suprised with their brilliant vocals, percussionments of their guitar jazzing and lyrics. more people need to check these out and as soon as i have some cash to spare im going to see them live. its been awhile since ive been to a proper gig!
